Travel Guides

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum possesses one of the greatest, and
largest, collections of art in the world; it is a cherished New
York institution and a must see for any visitor. Banners above the
Met's Fifth Avenue entrance herald the current attractions; there
are always a few temporary exhibitions displaying masterpieces from
around the world alongside the Metropolitan's own permanent
collection. The highlights of the permanent collection are
numerous, American collectors having had the foresight, and cash,
to buy up a large number of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist
masterpieces from Europe at the end of the 19th century. The
Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million
works of art from all points of the compass, from ancient through
modern times, including great works by Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet and
Cézanne to rival any art collection in the world.